Rhetorical Appeals
Sentences
Sentence Composing Tools
Smiley-Face Tricks
Literary Terms
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A rhetorical appeal to the reader's or listener's senses or emotions.
What is pathos?
100
A sentence that makes complete sense if brought to close before its actual ending. Here's an example by the writer Seymour Krim: At 51, believe it or not, or believe it and pity me if you are young and swift, I still don't know truly "what I want to be."
What is a periodic sentence?
100
NUMB OF ALL FEELING, EMPTY AS A SHELL, still he clung to life, and the hours droned by. (J.K. Rowling, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE)
What is an opening adjective?
100
I love playing hide-and-seek with my friends in our woods, jumping rope on the school playground, and swinging on the old tire at Grandma’s. (3 verbs in a sequence with description.)
What is Magic 3?
100
The central idea, message, or purpose of a literary work.
What is theme?
200
A rhetorical appeal to reason or logic.
What is logos?
200
If you can remember these phone numbers without writing them down, you have a great memory.
What is a complex sentence?
200
He stretched out his hands, BLINDLY, FRANTICALLY, waving them in the air to ward off the attack from the dinosaur he knew was coming. (Michael Crichton, JURASSIC PARK)
What is a delayed adverb?
200
The town was scared. Old women hired boy scouts for bodyguards, banks locked each and every dollar in its own separate, bulletproof-waterproof-fireproof-and-everyother- proof safe, and old man Hutcherson was sitting in his rocking chair chained to his door.
What is hyphenated-modifier?
200
An object, a person, or a place that stands for something else.
What is a symbol?
300
A rhetorical appeal that focuses on the character or qualifications of the speaker.
What is the ethos?
300
Solve this challenging puzzle that you have in front of you, and you will win a great prize.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
300
PROMPTLY AT SIX O'CLOCK, he would reach Peter's rooms, let himself quietly in, and go about the early chores, building a fire, making half a dozen breakfast muffins, heating water for tea. (Stephen King, THE EYES OF THE DRAGON)
What is an opening adverb?
300
“Laura didn’t have to seal the envelope, she didn’t have to receive the congratulations letter, she didn’t have to gaze happily at her mother’s astonished yet proud face, to know that she was a winner.” (Stadd 24)
What is repetition for effect?
300
The overall emotional quality of a work, which is created by the author's language and tone and the subject matter.
What is mood?
400
Oral-B Glide Pro-Health Clinical Protection Floss helps reverse gingivitis in 2 weeks. Which rhetorical appeal is this ad demonstrating?
What is logos?
400
My boss, who lives three miles away from here, is a very intelligent woman.
What is a complex sentence?
400
It seemed dreadful to see the great beast lying there in agony, POWERLESS TO MOVE AND YET POWERLESS TO DIE. (George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant")
What is a delayed adjective?
400
He had a bad day. He made a grade on his spelling test that would make his Mama’s face scrunch up like it does when she’s really mad (especially at Daddy), it started raining when he was walking home, and to top it off he fell in a puddle—bad grade and all—because he was thinking about how he was going to feel being grounded for a week.
What is specific details for effect?
400
Descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures; _______ is created by details that appeal to one or more of the five senses.
What is imagery?
500
Spare parts for humans are not as original as those for cars. Don't drink and drive.
What is pathos?
500
A sentence that makes complete sense if brought to close before its actual ending. EX: Her "senator" looked uncomfortable, glancing around at this buddies, perhaps waiting for the redicule that he would surely get in the locker room later.
What is a cumulative sentence?
500
Which sentence below is an imitation of the following sentence: "He was clambering, heavily, among the creepers and broken trunks, when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry." (William Golding, LORD OF THE FLIES) A. Almost finished, Peter speeded up, triumphantly. B. She was running, desperately, between the road and railroad tracks, after a car, her hope for escape and rescue, passed by with an oblivious driver.
What is B?
500
The vacuum cleaner’s swallowed Will. He’s vanished. What a drag! Still, we can do without him 'til it's time to change the bag!”
What is humor?
500
A writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject.
What is tone?
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